Parliament Tavern, one of my favorite music venues in West Seattle. Did you know that a “parliament” is what you would call a group of owls? … I just learned that! The staff is kind, good variety of beer on tap, and they take good care of me and any bandmates I bring along. Check […]

If you’ve seen any videos of mine that are especially impressive, they were probably made by my brother, Nate McVicker. It’s pretty lucky I have a brother that is so savvy with a green screen and video production! He does video professionally and private contracts to local artists – like me! Check out what he […]

6 False Beliefs That Can Turn a Good Musicians, Bad. FALSE BELIEF #1 – If you do music for money, you have no passion or soul. People only respect artists untainted of greed for money. Selling out. A wiseman on top of a mountain once said, “the only people that shame a ‘sell out’ are […]

I love the Seattle Guitar Store! I first connected to them when I bought a Groupon for 4 ukulele lessons. It was still their old location (next door to where they are now) and the first guy I met was the famous Justin Kausal-Hayes – do you know him? Now they’ve pimped out the […]

If you’ve seen a recent show of mine, you’ve probably got a taste of live-looping. Sometimes I play solo using a guitar, ukulele, hand percussion, and beat-box. And sometimes I bring my duo Octomalien! People always ask how I got stared doing it, and I was inspired when I saw other multi-instrumentalists using it, and […]